| A child is like raw clay whatever shape we will give it | | | | considered the best house of all. And the house |
| will mould accordingly. Child is most truthful and | | | | where there is no love affection, and place for such |
| innocent being, he or she should be treated with | | | | deprived sons of lord that is considered as worst |
| great love and respect, they have right to get good | | | | house". State of Dubai encourages people to adopt |
| education, opportunity in society to grow as good | | | | child of god and give them hope and family. However |
| citizen. They need protection from family to build | | | | state forbids any other national to adopt its child |
| confidence to face the world and care to nurture | | | | irrespective of their cast, creed, and social status. |
| their childhood. Unfortunately there are millions of | | | | Once a child is left to street and abandoned it |
| children who are living without any support, care and | | | | becomes responsibility of state ward and only |
| roof. They are deprived of family and education and | | | | nationals and citizens can adopt these children. This |
| forced to live in inhuman condition. Such helpless | | | | law however restricted many Expat living in Dubai |
| children are known as orphan. An orphan is a person | | | | and willing to adopt a child there. This law however |
| who has lost his or her parents and therefore he left | | | | did encouraged locals to come forward to make |
| alone and nobody is there to take care for them. | | | | them part of their family. People have become well |
| Orphans whose parents have died are thrown out | | | | aware and they are welcoming them with open |
| from their house and left alone in the street. Dubai is | | | | heart. |
| an international city in UAE, it is well know tourist | | | | It is reported that state ward has never had more |
| destination in the world. It is know as shopping | | | | than 12 god child including girls and boys. Couples look |
| paradise and people come with their children to enjoy | | | | for adoption when they are not able to conceive. |
| their holiday. Unfortunately it has many orphans | | | | And there are cases where people feel responsibility |
| staying alone looking for help and hope. In Dubai | | | | toward these innocent children and wish to give them |
| orphans are treated as social responsibility of | | | | family. In order to adopt they must give a written |
| kingdom. They are first sent to paediatric hospital for | | | | request to Director General explaining their situation |
| first aid and basic medical treatment. Afterwards the | | | | and reason why they wish to have foster child. Such |
| child is admitted to ward. Thus state hospital takes | | | | couples are allowed to visit the ward where they can |
| full responsibility of child development. | | | | interact with the children. So when their application is |
| They are kept there are treated well. They get all | | | | approved they already know which child they will be |
| the basic needs like food, clothes and shelter. There | | | | taking home. |
| is well devised adoption process where these | | | | State investigates about the Family status and |
| orphans can be adopted by citizens. Volunteers are | | | | environment. A complete report gets complied about |
| allowed to visit the hospital so orphan child | | | | the family and their background and reason for |
| development can have exposure to out side world. | | | | adoption and submitted to Director General to his |
| There is one very touching story about called Annie's | | | | kind consideration. Recommendations are given by |
| girl which talks about a child brought into an | | | | social worker who thoroughly study each case and |
| orphanage and how she survived and discover about | | | | then only recommend them; this is lengthy process |
| her family and life before orphanage and life after | | | | and may take 2-3 months. However, the process |
| that. | | | | does not end there, with the social workers |
| This story describes the intricacies how children are | | | | continuing to follow up for a number of years after |
| treated in orphanages and how what they become | | | | the legal fostering process has been completed. |
| and what happened to them. This tells how the child | | | | Director General of department of heath and medical |
| remembers she was taken to orphanage when she | | | | services Dubai had praised this program |
| was around three year old unable to think what is | | | | enthusiastically and termed it as "very successful" |
| happening and what will happen in future. She suffers | | | | program. Many such orphan children are already |
| from not only physical but mental trauma. As she | | | | married and happy in their respective life. |
| encounters various ugly and inhumane incidents which | | | | There is well formed mechanism in Dubai to foster |
| makes a permanent mark in her memories and | | | | help of orphanage children. The state takes full |
| troubles her though out her life. This book tells the | | | | responsibility of such deprived children and has set up |
| truth about the inhuman condition in which | | | | ward 16 in Al Wasl Hospital; hospital authority takes |
| orphanages are run and how they make feeble and | | | | care of these children. Authorized person told that |
| insecure grownups. | | | | children are brought in the hospital and their health |
| Education is very important to every child and it is | | | | and condition gets checked and afterwards they get |
| their birth right. There are many human right bodies | | | | admitted to pediatric wards and authorities try to |
| and organization which work in welfare to these | | | | find out about their real parents if they fail to find |
| orphan children. It is very important to make them | | | | them such children gets admitted to ward 16 and |
| aware of how education can bring fresh breath in | | | | become ward of state. |
| their life. It is very important to take steps to make | | | | All across the globe people work towards welfare of |
| sure these children get proper education in healthy | | | | orphans. North London Gas Alliance in London has |
| atmosphere. They should be given equal opportunity | | | | been working towards improving lives of such |
| to study with normal students and get one with | | | | children. Great efforts are being taken by countries |
| open society. | | | | like Europe, Africa, US, Asia, and Russia. Great efforts |
| There are NGOs working towards making an effort | | | | of mother Teresa has resulted in changing lives of |
| give them equal opportunity, they help these children | | | | millions of children. Like she rightly said that "Let |
| by giving them admission in schools, giving them | | | | nothing perturb you, nothing frightens, you. All things |
| books, uniform etc. this make them feel that they | | | | pass: God does not change. Patience achieves |
| have support and they can also grow up and | | | | everything who ever has God lacks nothing'.' |
| become respected member of the family. It is very | | | | In order to bring about changes in these deprived |
| important to make these children aware for their | | | | children we all act together, government should make |
| human rights and so that they can speak up | | | | permanent arrangement to bring a wholesome |
| whenever there occurs any unpleasant incident. They | | | | environment and give them equal opportunity. It is |
| should be well protected by law as well. Making them | | | | import educate children who have parents that these |
| aware about human rights give them power to fight | | | | orphan children also need their help and support not |
| against any atrocities and inhuman acts. These NGOs | | | | sympathy. |
| make sure to safeguard rights. | | | | I have researched that there are NGO and social |
| These orphan children needs home and family and | | | | organization is playing greater part than government |
| that why there are NGOs and local bodies which help | | | | bodies, thus government bodies' should increase their |
| finding home for these children. In Dubai, adoption to | | | | active participation. Also awareness needed to be |
| such orphan children is guarded; authorities do allow | | | | spread so that society should accept them and give |
| nationals to adopt these abandoned children. | | | | them respect and love. The education should be |
| According to is Islam holy Prophet Muhammad said | | | | made available and they should be encouraged to |
| that "the house which welcomes orphan and where | | | | study well and to become responsible citizen. |
| they are treated with love and affection is | | | | |